Historical Events Happened In July - 23

1959  On July - 23 vP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR  

1960  On July - 23 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls  

1961  On July - 23 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open  

1961  Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 on this day in history.  

1964  Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage on July - 23.  

1964  On July - 23 jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74  

1965  Beatles "Help" is released in the UK on July - 23.  

1966  Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens on this day in history.  

1966  Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" on this day in history.  

1966  Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1967  On July - 23 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)  

1967  On July - 23 pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons  

1967  On July - 23 race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit  

1968  On July - 23 fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt  

1968  PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane on July - 23.  

1968  Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed on July - 23.  

1968  On July - 23 don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets)  

1969  On July - 23 deli Floyd, writer, dies  

1971  Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 on July - 23.  

1972  On this day in history eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France  

1972  On this day in history the first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched  

1973  Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die on July - 23.  

1973  Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history greek military dictatorship collapses  

1974  Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 on July - 23.  

1976  On July - 23 wings release "Let 'em In"  

1976  Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64 on July - 23.  

1977  Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges on July - 23.  

1977  On July - 23 rené de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79  

1978  Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas on July - 23.  

1979  On July - 23 e Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops  

1979  On July - 23 keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31  

1980  On this day in history billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya  

1980  On July - 23 river of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter  

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0645  On July - 23 birth of yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)  

1301  On July - 23 birth of duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)  

1339  Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) was born on July - 23.  

1401  On July - 23 birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier  

1503  On July - 23 birth of anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)  

1659  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer was born on July - 23.  

1705  On this day in history birth of francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)  

1734  On July - 23 birth of antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730]  

0945  Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies on this day in history.  

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on this day in history.  

1373  Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies on July - 23.  

1403  On July - 23 death of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39  

1531  Death of Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers on July - 23.  

1568  On July - 23 don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23  

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on July - 23.  

1584  On this day in history death of john Day, English printer (b. 1522)